This and That

From The Herald

Published 2:15 am, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

First Thursday welcomes all children ages 4-7 to the Unger Library at 7 p.m. for a night of bedtime stories. Community reader is Beverly Wall and junior readers are Jacob Driggars and Melody Brown. Each family will receive a free book and reading tips. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Paws Pet Adoption has a small fund available to provide partial financial assistance to lower-income Plainview residents to spay/neuter a family pet. Applications are available from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday at the animal shelter, 500 S.W. Third.

Like minded individuals are invited to join local members of Gideons International at their weekly breakfast, from 7-7:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Old Mexico Restaurant. The unique international ministry is celebrating its 2 billionth placement since the organization began distributing Bibles in 1908. The group took 93 years to distribute its first billion copies of Bibles and New Testaments (1908-2001), but less than 14 years for its second billion (2002-2015). For more information on the local organization, phone Harold Obenhaus at 293-1966 or Fred Willis at 293-5974 or 292-1916.

The Friends of the Unger Library sells used magazines for 10 cents (5 cents for National Geographics). Any donations of magazines published in the past two years are welcome. Please bring them by the public library at the corner of Ninth and Austin streets.

Hale County farmers and landowners that need areas sprayed by the Noxious Weed Control District should either visit the board’s website at halecountynoxiousweeds.com or contact Lewis Senter, board supervisor, at 806-292-4750

Alvin Petty will pick up garage sale-types of items, with proceeds going to the Ideal Village Chapel Scholarship Fund. Call 806-759-0735.

For Kids Sake classes for adults and Sandcastles for children ages 5-17 will be held from 8:15 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, Aug. 13 and Sept. 10 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 710 Joliet. Cost is $40 (cash only) For Kids Sake and $10 cash per child ($20 for three or more children) for Sandcastles. There is no need to register. Call 995-2756 and ask for Vickie.

Free GED classes are available for adults from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 1407 W. Fifth in the South Plains Community Action building. Everyone is welcome. Call the Plainview Adult Learning Center, 296-5459, for more information.

Free night GED and ESL classes are available at Ash High School, 908 Ash St. They run from 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays in Room 206 for GED and Room 208 for ESL. The ESL classes will teach basic skills of English to non-English speakers. The GED class will help prepare participants for the English, Social Studies, Math and Science subjects tested on the new and improved GED test. Contact Karen Latimer at 806-729-4851 for GED information and Ofelia Lopez at 806-292-0607 for ESL.

The Plainview Area Retired School Personnel Association (PARSPA) will meet Monday, March 7, (note date change), at 11:30 a.m. for a buffet at West Texas Woodfire Grill. Rick Cooper, WBU athletic director, will present the program. Retired personnel who attend for the first time will receive a free lunch. Reservations a must. Call 293-7531.

The Apostolic Lighthouse Church, 1504 Houston in Plainview, invites the public to pray at the church from 6-7 p.m. each Friday. You need not be a member of the church to come and pray. For those who are homebound or sick, the church ministry will come and pray for you at your home. Call Pastor Armando Cardenas at 806-729-4057 for information.

The Hale Center Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s annual awards banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 5, at Akin Elementary. Alan Berry will provide the entertainment.

The Mental Health First Aid Course will be offered from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 26-27 at the Educational Service Center, Room 3, 24th and Yonkers. Cost is $40. To register, contact Ron Trusler 293.2636 or ront@clplains.org.

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Dog obedience training classes begin Saturday, March 12, at the YMCA in the Teen Zone Room at the southwest backdoor entrance. Classes are six weeks in duration. Tuition is $65 for public and $35 for 4-H members. Dogs must be at least 4 months old. Beginners class begins at 3 p.m. after sign-ups. The intermediate class begins at 2 p.m. after sign-ups. For information, contact Regina Edwards at 293-2066 or Tonya Mahagan at 293-3096.

A bereavement support group will be offered beginning Wednesday, March 23, at First United Methodist Church, 1001 W. Seventh. (Enter the south door under the covered portico.) There will be six sessions with sessions running from 5-6 p.m. each Wednesday. There is no charge, and all are welcome. For more information call Carole Bell at 292-0134.

South Plains Community Action Association, Inc., has received additional funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to operate the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program through Dec. 31. The primary intent is to make funds available to enable SPCAA to respond to energy needs affecting low-income households. Priority is given to eligible households containing one or more persons age 60 or above, a handicapped individual and families with young children under age 6. The basic philosophy of energy self-sufficiency is the central theme in the CEAP. The program offers flexibility to allow for creative implementation and innovation. Service delivery not only entails utility payments on behalf of the client, but also a system that addresses the underlying contributing causes of energy-induced hardship. For information contact SPCAA center workers Rita Sepeda and Heather Harriss, 1407 W. Fifth, Plainview, 806-293-4397 between 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Plainview High Class of 1981 will hold its 35th Class Reunion on June 10-11. Information will be posted on the group’s Facebook page, Plainview High School Class of 1981. Contact Murry Burkhart at mburkhart@freshexpress.com or Gerald Dean Calk Holt at mamagholt@hotmail.com for more information.